# Creative Writing (Certificate of Proficiency)

Chabot College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: English

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#### Description

The Creative Writing certificate allows students to focus on developing their creative writing skills while exposing them to high-quality creative work by professional writers.

#### Program Learning Outcomes

Upon the successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

1.  produce a body of quality creative work.
2.  develop a critical response to the creative writings of others.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ENGL 11A | Introduction to Creative Writing (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 12A | Beginning Fiction Writing (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 13A | Beginning Craft of Writing - Poetry (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 11B | Intermediate Creative Writing (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 12B | Intermediate Fiction Writing (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 13B | Intermediate Craft of Writing - Poetry (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 20 | Studies in Shakespeare (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 21 | The Evolution of the Black Writer (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 22 | Mexican American/Latinx Literature of the U.S. (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 25 | Asian-American Literature (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 28 | Classic and Contemporary Youth Literature (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 31 | Introduction to Queer Literature (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 32 | U.S. Women's Literature (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 35 | Modern and Contemporary U.S. Literature (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 41 | World Literature (17th Century to the Present) (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 45 | Studies in Fiction (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 48 | The Literature of the Holocaust (Active) | 3 |
| **Total** | | **15** |

#### Other Information

Discipline: Communication, Language & Media

Program Control Number:

TOP Code: 150100 - English

CIP Code: 23.0101 - English Language and Literature, General